PREP BASKETBALL: Timberlake stops 5A Lewiston in OT
• GIRLS
SPIRIT LAKE — It was the difference between one and none in the 2015-16 season for the Timberlake Tigers after winning a state 3A championship.
They made up for it a little bit on Saturday.
Allison Kirby scored 19 points to eclipse the 1,000-point mark and Shelby Starr added 15 points as the Timberlake Tigers beat the Lewiston Bengals 69-63 in overtime on Saturday, avenging the team’s lone loss from last year’s 23-1 season.
Jacquelyn Mallet scored 13 points and Lilly Kelley 11 for Timberlake (4-0), which has won 27 straight games.
“It was a big win,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “When you’re playing against a team that can score like Lewiston, we balanced it really well. It’s big for us and makes us harder to guard.”
Lewiston rallied from 12 points down to force overtime as Abbey Roy hit four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, scoring 16 of her 18 points in the fourth and overtime.
“We just stayed on the attack,” Miller said. “They scored first in overtime, but we were really aggressive in the fourth quarter, which was nice to see.”
Timberlake (4-0) travels to Post Falls on Nov. 29.
Roy and Alyssa Ralstin had 18 points each for Lewiston (1-1).
Lewiston 9 15 17 20 2 — 63
Timberlake 8 17 18 18 8 — 69
LEWISTON — Randall 8, Ralstin 18, Cornelia 0, Roy 18, Kinzer 6, Cady 9, Stoddard 2, Santana 2.
TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 0, Kelley 11, Mallet 13, Starr 15, Jezek 2, Kirby 19, Cheevers 2, Lawler 7.
N.I. Christian 59
Great Falls Chr. 19
HELENA, Mont. — Kaylee Prosch had 17 points, four assists and five steals for the Royals in a win against Great Falls Christian in the Helena Thanksgiving Invitational.
Mary Schlader had 12 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks for North Idaho Christian (2-2), which travels to Upper Columbia Academy of Spangle, Wash., on Monday.
Earlier, Foothills Christian of Bozeman, Mont., beat North Idaho Christian 57-39 in other tournament play. Scoring was not available.
N.I. Christian 23 5 11 20 — 59
G.F. Christian 7 0 2 10 — 19
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Prosch 17, Whiteman 8, Holmes 4, Fish 2, Ward 2, Brennan 5, Ralls 2, Schlader 12, Seeley 3, Dixon 2, Krause 2.
GREAT FALLS CHRISTIAN — A. Gray 4, K. Gray 0, Burrolos 2, Johnson 5, Reimer 4, Grimes 4.
• BOYS
Royals open
season with
unbeaten run
HELENA, Mont. — North Idaho Christian opened the season at the Helena Thanksgiving Invitational, going 3-0 in games played on Friday and Saturday.
Kobe Cottier scored 15 points and Dylan Walker had 14 in the Royals’ 70-14 win over Helena Christian on Friday. Cottier had 14 points in a 86-56 win over Foothills Christian of Bozeman, Mont., and Garrett White and Dylan Walker scored 12 points each in a 46-28 win over Helena Home School on Saturday.
North Idaho Christian travels to Upper Columbia Academy of Spangle, Wash., on Monday.